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河東

简河东 · 繁河東

Mandarin · pinyin Hé dōng

Hedong district of Linyi city 臨沂市 Lín yí shì, Shandong

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河: hé · river; stream; the Yellow River
東: dōng · east, eastern, eastward
东: dōng · east, eastern, eastward

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2–1 · He2 dong1

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(historical) Hedong (region east of the middle reaches of the Yellow River and northwest of Taihang Mountains)
(～區) Hedong (a district of Tianjin, China)

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